The importance of situating theology in history : exemplifying with St. Thomas Aquinas’ concept of the divine image in human beings.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015.
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| Abstract: | The concept of imago Dei is a typical case for the study of how it is necessary to consider the historic development of a theologian within the ensemble of his work, without which one runs the risk of not understanding the theologian in question at all. With examples from the Scriptum super Sententiis and the Summa Theologiae, this evolution in the thought of the Aquinate is clearly seen, from his earlier works to his more mature works. Then, some studies on the imago Dei in the Aquinate are analysed, in order to show the risk of not taking into account this evolution. Finally, the concept of imago Dei is examined in itself so as to determine the profound reasons for this evolution, above all in the Trinitarian theology of the Summa; and what the Aquinate gains by this evolution — amongst other things, he is able to interrelate the created reflections of God in the world (vestigium e imago), while uniting the notions of imago Dei / imago Trinitatis and the analogy/imitation of God by the imago. |
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| Physical Description: | p. 324-349 ; |
| ISSN: | 1981-9390 |